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A General Theory of Complex Living Systems: Exploring the Demand Side of Dynamics

Snooks, Graeme Donald - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2007

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Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Economic theory is often abused in practical policy-making. There is frequently excessive focus on sophisticated theory at the expense of elementary theory; too much economic knowledge can sometimes be a dangerous thing. Too little attention is paid to the wider economic context, and to the...

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Did We Overestimate the Role of Social Preferences? The Case of Self-Selected Student Samples

Falk, Armin; Meier, Stephan; Zehnder, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Social preference research has fundamentally changed the way economists think about many important economic and social phenomena. However, the empirical foundation of social preferences is largely based on laboratory experiments with self-selected students as participants. This is potentially...

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Sovereign Debt Markets in Turbulent Times: Creditor Discrimination and Crowding-Out Effects

Broner, Fernando A; Erce, Aitor; Martin, Alberto; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

key ingredients: creditor discrimination and crowding-out effects. Creditor discrimination arises because, in turbulent …

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Gender Discrimination in the British Labour Market: A Reassessment

Ermisch, John F; Wright, Robert E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

discrimination. Using data collected in the 1980 Women and Employment Survey, we find that women's wages would be between 20 and 25 … per cent higher in the absence of discrimination. This is somewhat higher than previous estimates have indicated. …

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The Labour Market Impact of Immigration in Western Germany in the 1990's

D Amuri, Francesco; Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We adopt a general equilibrium approach in order to measure the effects of recent immigration on the Western German … period 1987-2001, we find that the substantial immigration of the 1990's had no adverse effects on native wages and … as `flexible' as the UK labour market, it would be more efficient in dealing with the effects of immigration. …

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Does 1992 Come Before or After 1990? On Regional Versus Multilateral Integration

Sapir, André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989

, the completion of Europe's domestic market could exert a profound influence on nonmember countries. This paper examines …

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EMU and Asymmetries and Adjustment Problems in the EMS

Weber, Axel A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

The paper empirically analyzes asymmetries in the EMS with special reference to their implication for the creation of a monetary union (EMU). Two types of asymmetries are analyzed: those in the form of "German dominance" are detected in the conduct of monetary policies in the EMS, in particular...

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A Multilateral Payments Union for Eastern Europe?

Bofinger, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

The paper analyzes the role of a multilateral payments union (PU) between East European countries (EEPU) as an intermediate solution in the process to full convertibility. After a description of the main functions of a PU, which is based on the historical model of the European Payments Union, it...

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European Integration and Trade Flows

Neven, Damien J; Röller, Lars-Hendrik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

We study a model of intra-European trade flows and trade between Europe and the rest of the world for 29 manufacturing …

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